Tag Archive for "marriage" - Surviving Medical Mayhem

Whatever You Do, Don’t Shoot Your Husband

Loretta Schoen 16th August 2024

Thad and I recently celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. We spent a quiet day as he was recovering from a second shoulder surgery. While they say the 50th is celebrated by exchanging items of Gold,

Out of the wreck I rise. (Quote from Robert Browning)

Loretta Schoen 27th May 2022 2 comments

It was a long and winding road. Initially it seemed it was paved in gold but it lost its luster as the weight of what was expected of him felt like bricks piled heavy in

Valentine, Valentine, Who is Your Valentine?

Loretta Schoen 14th February 2020 01 comment

I don’t often talk about Valentine’s Day mainly because it means different things for different people. Many do not have a spouse, a boyfriend or girlfriend, or a significant other. Valentine’s Day can bring on

Teeter Totter Tests Marriage

Loretta Schoen 18th July 2019 2 comments

Thad & I recently celebrated 45 years of marriage. You think you know someone after all those years, right? But he came home the other day with an Inversion Table. Inversion therapy involves hanging like

Will You Be My Forever Valentine?

Loretta Schoen 14th February 2019 2 comments

Thad and I have celebrated 45 Valentine Days and that included a lot of chocolate for me and peanut butter/nuts/chocolate for him. But since he now sports two stents in his heart and I have

The Greatest Father of All

Loretta Schoen 16th June 2018

I have some wonderful memories of my dad. He was creative and talented. When we would be running errands in the car he and I would sing songs and even make some up. He could

Processing Life

Loretta Schoen 08th June 2018

There has been a lot going on in my life lately. We completed the renovations on our three bathrooms with just a few hiccups that were solved by a talented and honest contractor. Maintaining our

The Message in the Pain in My Back

Loretta Schoen 06th May 2015

It was 7:30 am and Thad and I were already having “a discussion”. Not a great way to start the day. Maybe it was because we were rushing around getting dressed, feeding and walking the

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